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MEHES, Gabor
 
Affiliation
Faculty of Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Information, Production, and Systems
Job title
Assistant Professor(non-tenure-track)
Homepage URL
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mehesgabor

Research Experience

  • 2022.04
    -
    Now

    Waseda University   Graduate School of Information Production and Systems   Assistant Professor (non-tenure-track)

  • 2020.12
    -
    2022.03

    Yamagata University   Faculty of Engineering-Research Center for Organic Electronics   Project Assistant Professor

  • 2019.11
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    2020.02

    Linkoping University   Laboratory of Organic Electronics   Principal Research Engineer

  • 2017.11
    -
    2019.10

    Linkoping University   Laboratory of Organic Electronics   Marie Curie Postdoctoral Fellow

  • 2015.11
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    2017.10

    Linkoping University   Laboratory of Organic Electronics   Postdoctoral Scholar

  • 2017.02
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    2017.03

    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab)   Molecular Foundry   Visiting Postdoctoral Associate

  • 2016.07
    　
    　

    Universita degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro   Department of Chemistry   Visiting Postdoctoral Researcher

  • 2014.08
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    2015.10

    Fukuoka Industry Scienece & Technology Foundation   Fukuoka i3 Center for Organic Photonics and Electronics Research (i3-OPERA)   Research Associate

  • 2011.02
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    2014.07

    Kyushu University   Organic Photonics and Electronics Research Center (OPERA)   Technical Staff

  • 2009.04
    -
    2010.12

    Sony Slovakia/ Foxconn Slovakia   FTVE Parts Engineering   Electrical Engineer

  • 2008.09
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    2008.11

    Tampere University of Technology   Department of Production Engineering   Visiting Student Trainee

  • 2006.08
    -
    2008.05

    Industrial Recognition Technologies Inc.   Research Assistant

    Part time

  • 2007.09
    -
    2007.10

    Omron   UWB Antenna Engineering   Visiting Student Trainee

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Education Background

  • 2011.04
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    2014.08

    Kyushu University   Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Graduate School of Engineering   Doctor of Engineering Global COE Program  

  • 2006.09
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    2008.06

    Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava   Department of Microelectronics   Master of Science  

  • 2002.09
    -
    2006.08

    Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava   Department of Microelectronics   Bachelor  

Research Areas

  • Nanobioscience   extracellular electron transfer / Composite materials and interfaces   organic-inorganic-biocomposites and interfaces / Optical engineering and photon science   Organic light-emitting devices / Organic functional materials   Conducting polymers; Light-emitting molecules; Carbon nanotubes / Electron device and electronic equipment   Organic electronics devices / Nano/micro-systems   Microbial electrochemical systems; Organic electronics devices

Research Interests

  • Bacterial electronics

  • Organic electronics devices

  • Microbial electrochemical systems

  • Advanced functional materials

  • Printed electronics and flexible hybrid electronics

  • Photonics and optoelectronics

  • Extracellular electron transfer (EET)

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Awards

  • Best Poster Award

    2023.12   Materials Research Society (MRS)   Blood Oxygen and Heart-rate Monitoring by a Flexible Hybrid Electronics Device Fabricated by Multilayer Screen-Printing

  • Young Scientist Presentation Award

    2019.06   Tenth International Conference on Molecular Electronics and Bio Electronics (M&BE 10)   Interfacing Plants and Bacteria via Organic Bioelectronics

  • LOE Award for Material of the Year 2017

    2017.09   Laboratory of Organic Electronics, Linkoping University   for excellent and creative work on PEDOT-bacterial composite

  • Seal of Excellence

    2017.04   European Commission   Solar Energy Harvesting from Photosynthetic Organisms using Bio Organic Electronics

  • Certificate of Outstanding Contribution in Reviewing

    2016.08   Organic Electronics, Elsevier  

  • Very Important Paper (VIP)

    2012.11   Angewandte Chemie, Wiley-VCH   Enhanced Electroluminescence Efficiency in a Spiro-Acridine Derivative through Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence

  • the prize for the Best Poster

    2012.06   The International Organizing Committee of IX. International Krutyn Summer School  

  • Honourable Mention by the Dean for the Excellently Written Master Thesis

    2008.06   Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava   Distance Detection of Objects in Machine Environment

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Media Coverage

  • Press release: "Using tiny electrodes to measure electrical activity in bacteria"

    Newspaper, magazine

    Eurekaalert.org   Eurekalert  

    https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/852368  

    2020.06

  • Press release: "Living electrodes with bacteria and organic electronics"

    Newspaper, magazine

    Eurekalert   Eurekaalert.org  

    https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/731843  

    2018.11

  • Front cover on LiU Magazine, issue no. 2

    Newspaper, magazine

    Linkoping University   LiU Magazine  

    Sweden  

    2016

  • Front cover on Kyudai News, no. 24

    Newspaper, magazine

    Kyushu University   Kyudai News  

    Fukuoka  

    2013

 

Papers

  • Proton Logic Gate Based on a Gramicidin-ATP Synthase Integrated Biotransducer

    Yukun Chen, Gábor Méhes, Bingfu Liu, Liyun Gao, Mingyin Cui, Chenliang Lin, Yoko Hirono-Hara, Kiyotaka Y. Hara, Noriyo Mitome, Takeo Miyake

    ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces    2024.02

    DOI

    Scopus

  • Wireless Biosensors for Healthcare: Smart Contact Lenses and Microbial Devices

    Saman Azhari, Gábor Méhes, Takeo Miyake

    Wearable Biosensing in Medicine and Healthcare     151 - 177  2024.01

    DOI

  • Blood Oxygen and Heart Rate Monitoring by A Flexible Hybrid Electronics Device Fabricated by Multilayer Screen‐Printing

    Ayako Yoshida, Gábor Méhes, Yoshihiro Okuyama, Masaki Murakata, Takeo Shiba, Shizuo Tokito

    Advanced Electronic Materials    2023.12

    DOI

    Scopus

  • Integration of wireless power transfer technology with hierarchical multi-walled carbon nanotubes-Polydimethylsiloxane piezo-responsive pressure sensor for remote force measurement

    Saman Azhari, Kouki Kimizuka, Gabor Mehes, Yuki Usami, Yasuhiko Hayashi, Hirofumi Tanaka, Takeo Miyake

    IEEE Sensors Journal   23 ( 7 ) 1 - 1  2023

    DOI

  • Biofuel Cell

    Takeo Miyake, Gabor Mehes

    The Journal of the Institute of Electrical Installation Engineers of Japan (J. IEIE Jpn.)   42 ( 8 ) 527 - 530  2022.08

    DOI

  • Organic Microbial Electrochemical Transistor Monitoring Extracellular Electron Transfer

    Gábor Méhes, Arghyamalya Roy, Xenofon Strakosas, Magnus Berggren, Eleni Stavrinidou, Daniel T. Simon

    Advanced Science   7 ( 15 ) 2000641 - 2000641  2020.08

    Authorship：Lead author, Corresponding author

    DOI

    Scopus

    34
    Citation
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  • Solar Heat‐Enhanced Energy Conversion in Devices Based on Photosynthetic Membranes and PEDOT:PSS‐Nanocellulose Electrodes

    Gábor Méhes, Mikhail Vagin, Mohammad Yusuf Mulla, Hjalmar Granberg, Canyan Che, Valerio Beni, Xavier Crispin, Magnus Berggren, Eleni Stavrinidou, Daniel T. Simon

    Advanced Sustainable Systems     1900100 - 1900100  2020.01

    Authorship：Lead author

    DOI

    Scopus

    12
    Citation
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  • Real‐Time Monitoring of Glucose Export from Isolated Chloroplasts Using an Organic Electrochemical Transistor

    Méhes Gábor

    Advanced Materials Technologies    2019.06

    DOI

    Scopus

    53
    Citation
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  • PEDOT:PSS-based Multilayer Bacterial-Composite Films for Bioelectronics

    Tom J. Zajdel, Moshe Baruch, Gábor Méhes, Eleni Stavrinidou, Magnus Berggren, Michel M. Maharbiz, Daniel T. Simon, Caroline M. Ajo-Franklin

    Scientific Reports   8 ( 1 )  2018.10

    Authorship：Lead author

    DOI

    Scopus

    61
    Citation
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  • Strong luminescence behavior of mono- and dimeric imidazoquinazolines: Swift OLED degradation under electrical current

    Rampal Pandey, Gábor Méhes, Ashish Kumar, Roop Shikha Singh, Amit Kumar, Chihaya Adachi, Daya Shankar Pandey

    Journal of Luminescence   181   252 - 260  2017.01

    Authorship：Lead author

    DOI

    Scopus

    6
    Citation
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  • Enhanced Electroluminescence from a Thiophene-Based Insulated Molecular Wire

    Gábor Méhes, Chengjun Pan, Fatima Bencheikh, Li Zhao, Kazunori Sugiyasu, Masayuki Takeuchi, Jean-Charles Ribierre, Chihaya Adachi

    ACS Macro Lett.   5 ( 7 ) 781 - 785  2016.07

    Authorship：Lead author

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    We report on the realization of polymer light-emitting diodes (PLEDs) based on fluorescent polythiophene (PT)-based insulated molecular wires (IMWs). PLEDs using PT emitting layers traditionally have low external quantum efficiencies (eta(eqe)) below 0.1%. Moreover, IMWs lack a thorough exploitation for electroluminescent applications due to concerns about reduced charge transport between their chains. We constructed multilayer PLEDs containing PT IMW emitting layers that show the maximum eta(eqe) close to 1.4%, luminance at 3700 cd/m(2), and low turn on voltage at 2.5 V. We also show a strong influence of the thickness of electron transport layer on eta(eqe) through device optimization and optical simulations.

    DOI

    Scopus

    28
    Citation
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  • Influence of host matrix on thermally-activated delayed fluorescence: Effects on emission lifetime, photoluminescence quantum yield, and device performance

    Méhes, G., Goushi, K., Potscavage Jr., W.J., Adachi, C.

    Organic Electronics: physics, materials, applications   15 ( 9 )  2014

    Authorship：Lead author

    DOI

    Scopus

    151
    Citation
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  • Structural and mechanistic insights into an Fe 3+ -triggered quinazoline based molecular rotor

    P, ey, R., Méhes, G., Kumar, A., Gupta, R.K., Adachi, C., P, ey, D.S.

    Chemical Communications   50 ( 59 )  2014

    DOI

    Scopus

    8
    Citation
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  • Enhanced electroluminescence efficiency in a spiro-acridine derivative through thermally activated delayed fluorescence

    Méhes, G., Nomura, H., Zhang, Q., Nakagawa, T., Adachi, C.

    Angewandte Chemie - International Edition   51 ( 45 )  2012

    Authorship：Lead author

    DOI

    Scopus

    484
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Books and Other Publications

  • Physics and Design Principles of OLED Devices in Handbook of Organic Light-Emitting Diodes

    Gabor Mehes, Atula S. D. Sanayaka, Jean-Charles Ribierre, Kenichi Goushi( Part： Joint author)

    Springer, Tokyo  2020.08 ISBN: 9784431557616

Works

  • Health Analysis Toilet [illustration]

    Martina Wallen, Gabor Mehes  Artistic work 

  • The Photosynthetic Bioelectronic Carpet [illustration]

    Martina Wallen, Gabor Mehes  Artistic work 

Presentations

  • Blood Oxygen and Heart-rate Monitoring by a Flexible Hybrid Electronics Device Fabricated by Multilayer Screen-Printing

    Gabor Mehes

    The 71st JSAP Spring Meeting 2024 

    Presentation date： 2024.03

  • Surprising enhancement of EET from electroactive bacteria by fumarate and functionalized CNTs

    Gábor Méhes

    2023 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit 

    Presentation date： 2023.11

  • Blood Oxygen and Heart-rate Monitoring by a Flexible Hybrid Electronics Device Fabricated by Multilayer Screen-Printing

    Gábor Méhes

    2023 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit 

    Presentation date： 2023.11

  • Surprising enhancement of EET from electroactive bacteria by fumarate and functionalized CNTs

    Gábor Méhes

    The 84th JSAP Autumn Meeting 2023 

    Presentation date： 2023.09

  • Amplification of extracellular electron transfer (EET) by OECT and progress on enhancement/modulation of EET by functionalized CNTs and fumarate

    Gábor Méhes  [Invited]

    32nd Annual Meeting of MRS-Japan 2022 

    Presentation date： 2022.12

  • My journey so far across 5 countries, 11 institutions: from bee eye sensor and LCD TV parts engineering, through OLEDs and photosynthetic harvesting, to electroactive bacteria and flexible hybrid electronics

    Gabor Mehes  [Invited]

    The 4th Event of the Young Researchers Society for Flexible and Stretchable Electronics (FSE) 

    Presentation date： 2022.07

  • MIRAI project (1.0) Success Stories

    Gábor Méhes, Tomohiro Shiraki  [Invited]

    MIRAI 2.0 Japanese-Swedish Joint Kick-off and Scientific Webinar 

    Presentation date： 2020.10

  • Interfacing Plants and Bacteria via Organic Bioelectronics

    Gábor Méhes

    10th International Conference on Molecular Electronics and Bio Electronics (M&BE 10) 

    Presentation date： 2019.06

  • Interfacing Plants and Bacteria via Organic Bioelectronics

    Gábor Méhes

    6th International Winterschool on Bioelectronics (BioEl2019) 

    Presentation date： 2019.03

  • Interfacing Plants and Bacteria via Organic Bioelectronics for Current Harvesting

    Gábor Méhes

    MIRAI Seminar 2018 and Materials Science Workshop 

    Presentation date： 2018.10

  • Interfacing Plants and Bacteria via Organic Bioelectronics for Infrared-Enhanced Photosynthetic and Metabolic Current Harvesting

    Gábor Méhes

    Conference on Advanced Functional Materials (AFM2018) 

    Presentation date： 2018.08

  • Interfacing Plants and Bacteria via Organic Bioelectronics for Infrared-Enhanced Photosynthetic and Metabolic Current Harvesting

    Gábor Méhes

    First European Congress on Photosynthesis Research (ePS-1) 

    Presentation date： 2018.06

  • Collaboration Progress: Good Practice

    Gábor Méhes  [Invited]

    MIRAI Materials Science Workshop 

    Presentation date： 2018.05

  • Bacterial Electronics and Electronic Plants

    Gábor Méhes

    MIRAI Materials Science Workshop 

    Presentation date： 2018.05

  • Electronic Plants and Tapping into Photosynthesis via Organic Bioelectronics

    Gábor Méhes

    2017 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit 

    Presentation date： 2017.11

  • Photosynthetic and Bacterial Energy/Current Harvesting

    Gábor Méhes

    MIRAI Workshop- Materials Science 

    Presentation date： 2017.10

  • Solar Energy Harvesting by Plants with Emerging ‘e-Plant’ Technology

    Gábor Méhes

    Conference on Advanced Functional Materials (AFM2016) 

    Presentation date： 2016.08

  • e-Plant Technology and its Potential for Solar Energy Harvesting

    Gábor Méhes

    The 17th International Congress on Photosynthesis Research (PS17) 

    Presentation date： 2016.08

  • Solar Energy Harvesting by Plants Integrated with the Emerging ‘e-Plant’ Technology

    Gábor Méhes

    3rd International Winterschool on Bioelectronics (BioEl2016) 

    Presentation date： 2016.03

  • Influence of the Host Matrix on Thermally-Activated Delayed Fluorescence: Short and Long Exciton Decay Processes via Dynamic Change in Singlet-Triplet Energy Gap and Exciplex Formation

    Gábor Méhes

    TADF International Workshop 

    Presentation date： 2014.03

  • Molecules Based on Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence: a Route from OLEDs towards Oxygen Sensing

    Gábor Méhes

    XIII. International Krutyn Summer School (IKSS) 

    Presentation date： 2013.05

  • E-type Delayed Fluorescence in a Spiro-acridane with High Electroluminescence Efficiency

    Gábor Méhes

    International Symposium on Organic Electronics (ISOE) 

    Presentation date： 2012.10

  • E-type Delayed Fluorescence in a Spiro-acridane with High Efficiency

    Gábor Méhes

    IX. International Krutyn Summer School (IKSS) 

    Presentation date： 2012.06

  • Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence in a Spiro Acridane Molecule that Enhances the EL Efficiency in OLEDs

    Gábor Méhes

    SPIE Photonics Europe 

    Presentation date： 2012.04

  • Thermally Activated Delayed Fluorescence and its Application for OLED

    Gábor Méhes  [Invited]

    The 2nd PHOENICS International Symposium 

    Presentation date： 2012.03

  • Detection of Biological Objects on a Distance”

    Gábor Méhes

    Scientific Student’s Conference, Bratislava 

    Presentation date： 2007.04

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Research Projects

  • Towards Ultrasensitive Detection of Bacterial Extracellular Electron Transfe r in Human Gut by Novel Functionalized Carbon Nanotube Electrode Interfaces and Organic Microbial Electrochemical Transistor

    Japan Society for the Promotion of Science 

    Project Year :

    2023.04
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    2026.03
     

  • Monitoring pathogenic oral bacteria by electronic device and wireless signal transfer

    National Institute of Materials Science (NIMS) 

    Project Year :

    2022.07
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    2023.03
     

  • Solar Energy Harvesting from Photosynthetic Organisms using Bio Organic Electronics (HARPOBOE)

    VINNOVA  Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Seal of Excellence

    Project Year :

    2017.11
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    2019.10
     

    Gabor Mehes

  • Bacteria Integrated with Electronic and Photonic Nanoparticles: First Steps towards Microbial Smart Systems

    Swedish Foundation for International Cooperation in Research and Higher Education (STINT)  Sweden-Japan 150 Anniversary Grants

    Project Year :

    2018.04
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    2019.03
     

    Gabor Mehes, Tomohiro Shiraki, Youichi Tsuchiya, Daniel Simon, Chihaya Adachi

  • Amplification of Microbial Exoelectrogenic Charge Transfer using Organic Microbial Electrochemical Transistors (OMECTs)

    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory  Standard User Proposal

    Project Year :

    2017.12
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    2018.11
     

    Gabor Mehes, Daniel Simon

  • Photosynthetic Electron Harvesting Using Electron-and Ion Conduits

    Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory  Standard User Proposal

    Project Year :

    2016.12
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    2017.11
     

    Gabor Mehes, Daniel Simon

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Industrial Property Rights

  • ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT AND COMPOUND USED THEREIN

    Nakagawa Tetsuya, Adachi Chihaya, Nomura Hiroko, Mehes Gabor, Nasu Keiro

    Patent

  • ORGANIC ELECTROLUMINESCENCE ELEMENT AND COMPOUND USED THEREIN

    Nakagawa Tetsuya, Adachi Chihaya, Nomura Hiroko, Mehes Gabor, Nasu Keiro

    Patent

  • Oxygen Sensor

    Mehes Gabor, Nakagawa Tetsuya, Adachi Chihaya

    Patent

  • Delayed Fluorescence Material, Organic Electroluminescence Device and Compound

    Adachi Chihaya, Nakagawa Tetsuya, Mehes Gabor, Wong Ken-Tsung, Kwong Min Chen, Rin Che Jen, Yan Ye Shan

    Rights holder： Kyulux Inc.

    Patent

  • Organic Electroluminescence Element And Compound Used Therein

    Nakagawa Tetsuya, Adachi Chihaya, Nomura Hiroko, Gabor Mehes, Nasu Keiro

    Patent

  • Organic Electroluminescence Element and Compound Used Therein

    Nakagawa Tetsuya, Adachi Chihaya, Nomura Hiroko, Gabor Mehes, Nasu Keiro

    Patent

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Syllabus

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Social Activities

  • Seminar: My progress in photosynthetic energy harvesting, bacterial electronics and venture into flexible hybrid electronics

    Kyushu University, OPERA  The 210th OPERA seminar 

    2022.06
    　
    　

  • Online seminar: Photosynthetic Electronic Plants, Bacterial Electronics

    Eindhoven University of Technology 

    2020.06
    　
    　

  • Seminar: Organic Photonics and Electronics and Organic Bioelectronics

    Yamagata University, ROEL 

    2019.06
    　
    　

  • Seminar: Bacterial Electronics

    Kyushu University, OPERA  The 188th OPERA seminar 

    2018.05
    　
    　

  • Seminar: Electronic Plants (‘E-Plants’) and some International Experiences

    University of California, Santa Cruz 

    2017.03
    　
    　

  • Seminar: Photosynthetic Electron Harvesting Using Electron-and Ion Conduits

    Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 

    2017.02
    　
    　

  • Main actor in a short movie “How to make your own energy harvesting cocktail”

    City of Linkoping (Sweden)  Valla Expo; https://youtu.be/C2IpaRE6B6g 

    2017
    　
    　

  • Seminar: Electronic Plants (‘E-Plants’)– a New Initiative Within Organic Bioelectronics

    Kyushu University, OPERA  The 158th OPERA Seminar 

    2016.12
    　
    　

  • Seminar: e-Plants and Research Background

    University of Bari Aldo Moro 

    2016.07
    　
    　

  • Greeted His Highness the Crown Prince of Japan for farewell during his visit to Kyushu University in a group of students

    2012.10
    　
    　

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Academic Activities

  • Review Editor of Frontiers in Chemistry, section Nanoscience

    Academic society, research group, etc.

    2023.03
    -
    Now

  • Member of presentation award selection committee of The 5th Event of the Young Researchers Society for Flexible and Stretchable Electronics

    Scientific advice/Review

    フレキシブル・ストレッチャブルエレクトロニクス 若手研究者の会  

    2023.05
    　
    　

  • Invited guest of the Ambassador of Sweden in Tokyo to a buffet reception of the MIRAI Seminar

    Competition, symposium, etc.

    2018.10
    　
    　

  • Member of Student and Postdoc Organizing Committee of The International Conference on Microbial Photosynthesis (ICMP)

    Competition, symposium, etc.

    2018.08
    　
    　

  • Chairman on the GCOE Future Molecular Systems: The 16th International Workshop, The Way to Academic Researchers

    Competition, symposium, etc.

    2012.01
    　
    　

Internal Special Research Projects

  • Towards Ultrasensitive Detection of Bacterial Extracellular Electron Transfer in Human Gut by Novel n-type Conducting Polymer Electrode Interfaces and Organic Microbial Electrochemical Transistor

    2023   Takahashi Tatsuhiro, Nagamine Kuniaki

    　View Summary

    In this phase, the goal of this research was to make electrodes that can sensitively measure the electrical signal of electroactive bacteria by maximizing the number of bacteria on the electrode surface. For this aim we used conducting nanomaterials that act as an interface between the base carbon felt electrode and bacteria. We utilized two different types of conducting nanomaterials, carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and conducting redox polymers through collaborations with two professors of Yamagata University.Specifically, me and my student at Waseda University have evaluated the electrical signal in electrochemical cells arising from the bacteria Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 metabolizing lactate, and transferring the released electrons from the metabolism to the carbon felt electrode with nanomaterial interfaces. For this aim we used potentiostats and the techniques of chronoamperometry, cyclic voltammetry and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy.In both types of materials, we observed a 3–4-fold increase in the measured current signal compared to not using the nanomaterials interfaces. Moreover, by scanning electron microscopy, we observed an increased number of bacteria on the electrode surfaces. A special point of the subproject containing CNTs was that twice we hosted a student from Yamagata University who prepared CNT-functionalized electrodes and measured the bacterial electrochemical performance with us, also teaching us a new way of chemical attachment of CNTs to our electrodes. As for the conducting polymer subproject, we not only tested electroactive bacteria, but also non-electroactive bacteria in electrochemical cells with promising results.Currently, we are preparing three manuscripts, and performing some missing experiments to complete the scientific papers, where we will explain our new results. In addition, our student will present the relevant results at the Spring meeting of Japan Society of Applied Physics. Finally, this grant (Tokutei Kadai), allowed us to buy a temperature-controlled incubator where we can stably evaluate the electrochemical performance of bacterial devices, as well as to purchase small-sized electrochemical cells to be used with flat-type substrates.

  • Towards Ultrasensitive Detection of Bacterial Extracellular Electron Transfer in Human Gut by Novel Functionalized Carbon Nanotube Electrode Interfaces and Organic Microbial Electrochemical Transistor

    2022   Okamoto Akihiro

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    Because a unique chance for collaboration between the National Institute of Materials Science (NIMS) and Waseda University (WU), we have modified this project to: “Monitoring pathogenic oral bacteria by electronic device and wireless signal transfer”. The project is divided into three parts: 1) detection of changes in the impedance of an electronic conductor upon the deposition of bacteria; 2) wireless sensing of such impedance changes; 3) development of an in-vivo device that can allow the wireless detection of oral bacteria. In this project, NIMS provides oral pathogenic bacteria and expertise of handling them, while WU realizes the electrical sensing, as well as the design and fabrication of a device for wireless detection. In FY2022 the applicant has visited NIMS to learn the immobilization and handling technique of the targeted bacteria. Measurements of the impedance changes of electrodes were performed upon the deposition of bacteria. This project continues in FY2023.